Brendan Gold, Unite's national secretary for civil air transport, said a new ballot was likely due to three outstanding issues: the imposition of changes to work practices; the sacking of 14 crew for alleged offences committed during the ongoing dispute; and the withdrawal of staff travel perks from the estimated 6,700 crew who joined 22 days of walkouts this year.
"We will inevitably have to take an industrial action ballot on these issues," said Gold.
If this is the case then any forthcoming IA looks rather like it will be unprotected. I hope that (this time) BASSA provide a truthful warning of the risks to their members with more substance than the last "you cant be sacked for striking".
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/06/union-british-airways-strike-inevitable